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Mosses and the men who love them (Part III)

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Hi folks,
I brought a few 'new' mosses which I chanced upon over the past few weeks for the professor to ID yesterday.

The first one is the moss which I reported in this post.
The professor confirmed that this is a not the Taiwan Moss we know of but a 'new' Taxiphyllum species !
However, the professor cannot confirm the species as the shop owner did not know where the moss originated from

For ease of future reference, I will temporary call Taiwan Moss Taxiphyllum sp n01 and this moss Taxiphyllum sp n02

I chanced upon the the 2nd moss at KingFisher aquarium. The supplier told the shop owner the moss is from Malaysia and it is Christmas moss; but it does not look like Christmas moss or any other moss I knew.
The Prof confirmed it is not Christmas moss but another new Taxiphyllum sp. (Taxiphyllum sp n03). The Prof kept a specimen of the moss and will try to ID it later when he has more time.

The 3rd moss was sighted at the LFS next to Nature Aquarium. Though the individual leaf looks like Erect Moss, the moss does not grow erect but instead spread out like Christmas moss. The shop owner said the moss is from Taiwan. Prof Tan think it is Erect Moss and suggested I grow it submerse and observe if the morphology changes.